A conceptual illustration of electrons spinning up and down. Scientists have described a ‘half ice, half fire’ state of matter that takes advantage of opposing electron spins. | Credit ...

When chemists design new chemical reactions, one useful piece of information involves the reaction's transition state—the ...

Brookhaven National Laboratory discovered a new phase a matter called “half-ice, half-fire.” This elemental moniker is a reference to the ordered (cold) and disordered (hot) state of an ...

Louis (WashU) has successfully developed an innovative type of time crystal, a state of matter that challenges conventional notions of motion and temporality. The research, published in the journal ...